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After the World Trade Center bombing, Assistant Secretary of State Edward Djerejian told the U.S. Congress the sheik "did not give the accurate spelling of his name." Egyptian passports, however, give names in both Arabic and English. The English name on the sheik's passport, according to sources who have...
But one student who does not belong to the society says he feels comfortable being Arab on his own because of his strong Arab identify. "I cannot divorce myself from my Arabness," says the student, who asked not to be identified. "A lot of Arab-Americans come here at a...
Al-Attar agrees. "What I like is being able to speak Arabic to may friends here," she says. "It feels good to be part of the group just to voice your opinions and your culture. All people know are the jokes."
Leith M. Masri '93 says he doesn't mind feeling different from his non-Arab classmates. "A lot of us are kind of half-breeds. We speak Arabic, but not as well as if we had grown up there," he says. "I don't mind feeling Arab--it's an...
Through his court-appointed attorney, Robert Precht, who had just met his client, Salameh requested an Arabic interpreter. Judge Owen assigned one from the FBI, who leaned close to Salameh's ear as the judge read the charge: the suspect had aided and abetted the Trade Center bombing, and thus...